TAMPA, Nov. 30, 2016 – After an electrifying season in which he led No. 23/24-ranked USF to a program-best 10-2 regular season record, junior quarterback Quinton Flowers (Miami) has been named the American Athletic Conference’s Offensive Player of the Year by a vote of the league’s coaches. A program-record 10 Bulls earned all-conference honors, including Flowers’ “9-to-5” teammate Marlon Mack (Sarasota) who earned first-team honors for a program-record third straight season.
Flowers became the fourth Bull to claim a conference player of the year award and the first-ever to win it on the offensive side of the ball. He joins current USF offensive analyst Lindsey Lamar (2010 Big East Special Teams Player of the Year), George Selvie (2007 Big East Defensive Player of the Year) and Ean Randolph (2006 Big East Special Teams Player of the Year).
Flowers, named first team all-conference at quarterback, was among 10 Bulls named first or second team all-conference, including seven members of the record-setting Gulf Coast Offense. Junior running back Mack earned first-team honors for a program-record third straight season, breaking a tie with Selvie (Big East, 2007 & 2008) for the most first team selections in program history. The two are the only Bulls to have earned first team all-conference honors more than once. The Bulls 10 all-conference selections bettered previous program-bests of eight selections in 2015 (American) and 2005 (Big East).